COPS & COURTS
MAIA NEHME
“Cutting off a lifeline”: Lamont axes free tablets, messaging in prisons

Gov. Ned Lamont proposed eliminating free tablets, texts and emails for Connecticut’s incarcerated population at his biennial budget address last Wednesday.

February 12, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Uncertainty continues over fatal early morning police shooting

A week after the state’s preliminary report was published, uncertainty abounds over the circumstances that led to an officer-involved shooting on Grand Avenue.

February 12, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Civilian Review Board nominates leadership candidates amid bylaw review

The board, entering its fifth year of operations, may soon alter its bylaws to reflect a need for clarity.

February 11, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Police union, University debate drug testing policy in “final offer”

A contentious substance abuse policy stands in the way of a long-awaited contract for Yale’s police officers and detectives.

February 6, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Decades-old Yale Police Advisory Board quietly discontinued last year

Current calls for increased Yale Police oversight echo past efforts, and subsequent failures, to maintain a community-run accountability initiative for the YPD.

February 6, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Body-worn camera footage from fatal officer shooting released

A preliminary status report about Wednesday’s officer-involved shooting documents how officers engaged with the victim and the residents of the household.

February 4, 2025

MAIA NEHME
New Haven officer charged in Randy Cox paralysis restored to his post

Officer Oscar Diaz — who slammed on the brakes while transporting Randy Cox in a police van, leading to Cox’s paralysis — was reinstated as a police officer by order of a state board.

January 29, 2025

MAIA NEHME
Man killed, two officers injured in Grand Avenue police shootout

The Connecticut Office of the Inspector General is investigating Wednesday’s officer-involved shooting with a fatality.

January 29, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ & JANICE HUR
Car break-ins in the Hill echo prior neighborhood concerns

After 30 reported vehicle break-ins, NHPD added additional temporary patrol to the neighborhood. Worries still persist among Yale New Haven Hospital employees.

January 21, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Yale police feared spring protests were “criminal and violent.” Then they arrested

The Yale Police Department arrested 48 pro-Palestinian protesters, mostly students, on April 22, 2024. A recently published cache of records sheds light on internal decision making.

January 17, 2025

MAIA NEHME & ARIELA LOPEZ
The key to the Kia Boyz: New Haven residents, officials confront auto theft “epidemic”

Auto theft numbers are declining this month, but residents are still on high alert.

December 5, 2024